The crowd had been soaked to the skin twice already before Slade came on, which was not a good start, as they must have felt thoroughly damp and miserable by now!

But, Slade did what they do best and delivered the following Setlist to the best of their abilities:-Dizzy MammaWhen I'm Dancin' I Ain't Fightin'Take Me Bak 'OmeLock Up Your Daughters - (premiere!)

EverydayPistol Packin' MamaGudbuy T' JaneWe'll Bring The House DownGet Down And Get With ItMama Weer All Crazee NowCum On Feel The NoizeBorn To Be WildMerry Xmas Everybody
With such miserable weather dampening the events, it would be easy to hold damp memories of the gig, too?

However, Jim Lea does recall the band’s celebrated performance at Donington in 1981 with great pride.

“It actually started the year before, when we replaced Ozzy Osbourne on the bill for the Reading Festival (August 24). We were really all over at that point and were about to split up. I remember Tommy Vance coming into our dressing room beforehand, and saying, ‘I know what you can do. You know what you can do. So do it’. We went out there, and no word of a lie we stole the whole festival. It was incredible. Afterwards so many musicians wanted to slap us on the back and buy us drinks. It was amazing.

“I know Def Leppard followed us and had a really hard time. They got jeered and bottled, which was a little unfair.

“Anyway, Maurice Jones, who used to manage us and promoted Monsters Of Rock, was there that day. He offered us the chance to play at Donington the next year (August 22), and we had another great day. I recall that half the PA didn’t work when we were on, but I really don’t think (headliners) AC/DC sabotaged us. Why would they? At the time they were the biggest rock band in the world.

For an in-depth review of the gig, read Carol Clerk's first-hand account on Slade In England.

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There is nothing new on this blog, everything here has been previously available elsewhere, in one format or another. My aim here is to try to ensure that the information is available to all Slade fans everywhere.

My thanks to Chris Selby (without whom I would know nothing)and anybody else that has supplied anything personal to this or any other media collection. I must apologise to Chris Charlesworth for taking liberty's with his book. Anybody who is interested in the group's history should invest in a copy of 'Feel The Noize', generally considered to be The Slade Bible by most fans. And last but by no means least,Keith Farley ('N Between Times) and John R. Woodhouse (Brum Beat) who have provided much background information by way of their on-line research, These should be studied by anybody with any interest in the 60's Midland Beat era. More general 60's info can be found at Marmalade Skies, a source of invaluable pop essentials.

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